I have two young children who are constantly in motion so often it is hard for me to get a good photo that is in perfect focus. Often, I capture a great picture but it is a little bit soft or blurry. One very easy way to sharpen a photo is to use the high pass filter in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. The effect is subtle but your eyes will love it! The following is a video on how to [more]
One of our holiday traditions is to send our family an ornament with a photo of our kids. I purchased this year’s ornament from Michaels. I love that it is so simple and has the year so prominently displayed. The packaging says the frame is 2 inches by 2 inches but that was not the case. Precise measurements of the frame are necessary to fit the photo into the frame. I turned the ornament over and took the backing out [more]
When I first started digital scrapbooking I was confused by all the rotation options that were available to me in Photoshop Elements. In this video tutorial I demonstrate the rotation options in Photoshop Elements 10. If you cannot see the embedded tutorial, you can view it on YouTube. This is a screenshot taken from the tutorial. Download the file that I used in the tutorial to practice here. You can find all my Photoshop and Photoshop Elements tutorials on my [more]
A tutorial on how to create a title using patterned paper was requested on my Facebook page. This video shows how to create the title and outline it with color. The paper I used for this tutorial came from my Crafty Kids Kit. If you can’t see the embedded video, you can view it on YouTube. This is the result of the video. Enjoy! Pin It
I love to promote digital scrapbooking. One of my favorite ways to do that is to create tutorials that I post her on my blog. I sometimes get requests from people for tutorials and I forget which ones I have already done. Below is a roundup of all the photoshop and photoshop elements tutorials on my blog to date. An * denotes the post contains a video tutorial. You can check out all my video tutorials on my YouTube channel. [more]
One element that is usually found in a digital scrapbook kit is a png frame. A png frame is a frame with transparent pixels inside. I like to use photo masks for all my photos because it makes it easier to re-size and rotate my photos. Making a photo mask for a PNG frame that is square or retangular is easily done with the rectangular shape tool. But what about more complex PNG frames? I describe the method to create [more]
One effect that I use to add some punch to my photos is to blur the background to give my subject more focus. I often use this method on photos that have a busy background like this one. The before photo on the right has a busy background. The after photo still has the same busy background but the background is blurred so the subjects pop in the photo. The process to create this effect is simple and consists of [more]
